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Between 21% and 42% of U.S. jobs are potentially offshorable, according to research conducted by students at Harvard Business School.

The study aimed to replicate a finding by Princeton economist and former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, reported last year in the Journal. The students largely agreed with Blinder’s low-end estimate of 22%, but the high end of the range surpassed Blinder’s 29%.

Nearly 900 members of the MBA Class of 2009 participated in the study, which had students assess the potential offshorability of 800 occupations.

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